Click Edit, Copy as Plain Text. Right-click the selection and choose Copy as Plain Text. Press Ctrl-Shift-C.
Converting formulas to values using Excel shortcutsSelect all the cells with formulas that you want to convert. Press Ctrl + C or Ctrl + Ins to copy formulas and their results to clipboard. Press Shift + F10 and then V to paste only values back to Excel cells.
To copy and paste cell content:Select the cell(s) you want to copy. Click the Copy command on the Home tab, or press Ctrl+C on your keyboard. Select the cell(s) where you want to paste the content. The copied cells will now have a dashed box around them.
Display Text From Another cell in ExcelWe can use '=' assignment operator to pull the text from another cell in Excel. For example, the following formula will get the text from Cell D5 and display in Cell B2. You can enter =D5 in Range B2. You can use '$' symbol to make the cell reference as absolute (=$D$5).
Use the Format Cells option to convert number to text in Excel
- Select the range with the numeric values you want to format as text.
- Right click on them and pick the Format Cells… option from the menu list. Tip. You can display the Format Cells…
- On the Format Cells window select Text under the Number tab and click OK.
As the main reason behind this Excel not pasting data correctly issue is because you can't paste data from a merged cell range into a non-merged cell range. So, to resolve Excel not pasting data properly issue, choose the data > click on Merge and Center to toggle it off > try the copy the data again.
In Word, you can choose to
paste text using the
formatting of the source, destination, or just pure text.
Control the formatting when you paste text
- Go to File > Options > Advanced.
- Under Cut, copy, and paste, select the down arrow for the setting to change .
- Each setting has options you can set:
- Select OK.
Click File > Options, and in the Excel Options dialog box:
- (1.) Click Quick Access Toolbar in the left pane;
- (2.) Then choose All Commands under Choose commands from drop down list;
- (3.) And then scroll down and choose Paste and Match Destination Formatting in the list box;
- (4.)
Use Keyboard ShortcutsBut many programs include a secondary shortcut that lets you paste without formatting instead. On Windows, you can use the combination Ctrl + Shift + V to paste without formatting in several major programs, such as Google Chrome.
Quickly copy a source column's width when copying data in Excel
- First, copy the data using any method you like, probably [Ctrl]+C and [Ctrl]+V.
- After pasting the data, right-click the new range.
- Choose Paste Special from the resulting context menu.
- In the Paste section, click the Column Widths option. Word 2003 users must then click OK.
You can take the text in one or more cells, and split it into multiple cells using the Convert Text to Columns Wizard.
- Select the cell or column that contains the text you want to split.
- Select Data > Text to Columns.
- In the Convert Text to Columns Wizard, select Delimited > Next.
- Select the Delimiters for your data.
The Excel MID function extracts a given number of characters from the middle of a supplied text string. For example, =MID("apple",2,3) returns "ppl". The characters extracted. text - The text to extract from.
Like this: =LEFT(B2,FIND("-",B2)-1)Type this formula into a blank cell and press Enter key on your keyboard, and drag the AutoFill handle down to other cells to apply this formula to extract text before dash. You would notice that all text values before dash character have been extracted into new cells.
Simply do the following:
- Select the cell with the formula and the adjacent cells you want to fill.
- Click Home > Fill, and choose either Down, Right, Up, or Left. Keyboard shortcut: You can also press Ctrl+D to fill the formula down in a column, or Ctrl+R to fill the formula to the right in a row.
With a formula, select the cell you want to copy, then drag down to select the cells you want to duplicate the formula into. Press CTRL+D and your formula is duplicated into each cell in your selection.
Just select all the cells at the same time, then enter the formula normally as you would for the first cell. Then, when you're done, instead of pressing Enter, press Control + Enter. Excel will add the same formula to all cells in the selection, adjusting references as needed.
Just use the old good copy & paste way:
- Click the cell with the formula to select it.
- Press Ctrl + C to copy the formula.
- Select a cell or a range of cells where you want to paste the formula (to select non-adjacent ranges, press and hold the Ctrl key).
- Press Ctrl + V to paste the formula.
Create a simple formula in Excel
- On the worksheet, click the cell in which you want to enter the formula.
- Type the = (equal sign) followed by the constants and operators (up to 8192 characters) that you want to use in the calculation. For our example, type =1+1. Notes:
- Press Enter (Windows) or Return (Mac).
Create a calculated column
- Create a table.
- Insert a new column into the table.
- Type the formula that you want to use, and press Enter.
- When you press Enter, the formula is automatically filled into all cells of the column — above as well as below the cell where you entered the formula.
Quickly Fill Numbers in Cells without Dragging
- Enter 1 in cell A1.
- Go to Home –> Editing –> Fill –> Series.
- In the Series dialogue box, make the following selections: Series in: Columns. Type: Linear. Step Value: 1. Stop Value: 1000.
- Click OK.
Put the mouse pointer over the bottom right-hand corner of the cell until it's a black plus sign. Click and hold the left mouse button, and drag the plus sign over the cells you want to fill. And the series is filled in for you automatically using the AutoFill feature.
Tap a cell. Tap, then drag the selection handler. Tap on a cell, and then flick the selection handle in the direction you want to select. Tap in the formula bar.
